Psalmorum 127

1 Canticum graduum Salomonis. [Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.

A Song of degrees. Of Solomon. Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:

2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,

It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

3 ecce hæreditas Domini, filii; merces, fructus ventris.

Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.

4 Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

5 Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.]

Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.